Talk by Dr.Craig on US Electoral Process

The department of International Studies and History on August 2^nd held a talk on the US Electoral Process by Dr. Craig. L. Dicker, Counselor, Embassy of US, New Delhi. The programme was attended by Students of Department of International Studies and History and also by the students of the School of Law.

The programme commenced with an invocation by the students of 2^nd Year MAIS followed by an introduction to the keynote speaker by Dr. Venugopal Menon, HoD, Department of International Studies and History.

Dr. Craig spoke on the evolution of the US Elections and later moved to the existing scenario where he spoke about the stiff competition between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

He touched upon aspects of the funding of the electoral process. He greatly emphasised on the increasing role of Social Media in the Election process. The challenge posed by the bureaucracy to the President’s Rule in America. Post presentation the floor was opened to questions followed by the launch of the blog. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Mandhara from 2^nd Year. Thus came to an end a very engaging topic of the US Election and the Electoral Process.

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